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Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006
Textbooks turn digital
Megan Koler
News Editor
campus safety incident logs.
Summaries are edited for
clarity, not content
10.17.06
1:15 p.m.
Base reported that two
white male juveniles were
climbing and swinging on
the wisteria outside the
Community Center. Officer
made contact.
5:30 p.m.
Cadet reported group of
juveniles on bikes cutting
through quad. He saw one
pointing to planter dirt
mounds, possibly to jump,
until he saw the cadet.
Cadet told them to leave
campus. He followed them
until they left the campus
at Hwy 213 and Molalla
Ave.
6:20 p.m.
Group of students smok
ing in front of the Dye
Learning Center. Officer
went to check their ID as
they were heading back
into the building. Officer
also did a walk-through of
of the building and con
tacted the GED program
staff.
6:28 p.m.
Property traffic accident,
light post knocked down.
No injuries.
8:35 p.m.
Custodian reported tran
sient panhandling a stu
dent near Barlow. Officer
located him coming out of
the Barlow building and
advised him not to bother
students and to leave the
campus. He left without
further incident.
A recent grant from Sony revi
talized Clackamas’ audio text
book program.
The Disability Resource
Center received a $3000 grant
this year from Sony to purchase
15 MP3 players. It was the final
step in digitalizing the audio text
book system that caters to stu
dents who suffer from dyslexia
and visual or motor impairments.
“I wrote a grant for Sony
because I thought, ‘Well, we want
to be able to record [textbooks]
digitally, but I want students to
have the ability to listen to it any
where, not just on the computer,’”
said Casey Sims, the disabled stu
dents and tutor coordinator.
Normally, MP3 players help
the listener organize separate
music files by artist, album and
song. The new audio textbooks
are arranged by author, textbook
and chapter, eliminating the
tedious work of navigating a cas
sette.
The textbooks will be recorded
and posted on blackboard.com,
where students may download
them on their computer, personal
MP3 player, or one of the new
Sony MP3 players available for
rental.
“We’ll check them out to stu
dents, and they can use them for
the whole term, and then we’ll
get them back at the end of the
term,” said Sims.
Before the move to digital
audio textbooks, everything was
done by cassette.
“It went okay, but it was an
old, outdated technology,” said
Sims. “Not every student had
tape players anymore, and we had
to lend them out.”
Sims pointed out several other
problems with the cassette sys
tem, including the poor sound
quality, the fragility of the tapes
and an increasingly cramped and
inefficient storage system.
“We had thousands of these
tapes,” said Sims.
It was a former reader and
PSU graduate student, Mary-Jean
Williams, who approached the
Disability Resource Center about
moving over to a digital format as
a project for her Communications
Degree.
“[Williams] worked closely
with Michael Rybel, who runs the
digital audio textbook program
here,” said Sims.
“One of the reasons that it’s
going really well this year is
because Michael is doing a great
job,” said Sims. “He is the one
that is matching up the student
with the reader and making sure
that they know how to do it,
and just managing the entire pro
cess.”
For more information, contact
Sims at 503-657-6958 ext. 2324 or
by e-mail at caseys@clackamas.
edu.
Internet!
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*50 hours of playback on one battery charge
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MANUFACTURING: anybody welcome to atteri
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place at the 2007 Metals Expo at
the Oregon Convention Center
on May 10.
“Anybody is welcome, and
we challenge people to bring
somebody who doesn’t know
what manufacturing is all
about,” said Giltz. “We want to
help get folks better attuned to
what’s going on in that sector so
that - in the classrooms - they
can speak more authoritatively
about career possibilities.”
Representative
Darlene
Hooley also spoke briefly at the
conference, lending her support
and explaining what she hopes
this campaign will accomplish
on a national level.
“Government can help or hin-
der manufacturing with every
new law,” said David Marks,
chairman of the Manufacturing
21 Coalition and president/CEO
of Marks Metal Technology, “It
is therefore very important that
our representatives understand
the needs of manufacturing, and
specifically in work force, with
the shortage we have.”
“[Hooley has] long been a
friend and partner to the college
and to manufacturing,” said
Giltz, “She’s always been a part
of this, as it relates to economic
development, as well as educa
tion.”
Anyone who wants to tour
some of the manufacturing facil
ities around Clackamas County
is welcome to participate in any
of the scheduled field trips, and
encouraged to contact Giltz at
(503) 657-6958 ex. 2921, or call
Cindy Hagen at (503) 353-4328.
Students may also reach Giltz at
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CAMPUS
NEWS & EVENTS
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A Thriving in the Workplace session entitled “BehinJ $
the Scenes: Career Portfolios” will be held Thurs.,
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26 in Barlow Hall The cost is $10, and drop-ins ar®,
welcome. Contact is 503-657-6958 ext. 5242.
Cold Frame Construction: Students can explore! al
variety of design and construction techniques for buil®^
ing a garden-season-extending cold frame on Sat., OdBL
28 at Clairmont. Cost is $10. Contact is 503-657-69®'
ext. 2246.
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A Smart Marketing Seminar will be held Fri., NovM^
10 at the Harmony campus. Guest speaker Bob Shej®^
a former marketing executive, will provide marketin®^.
advice for small business owners. Cost is $150. Conti®
is 503-656-4447.
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Estonian Choir Concert: The Unistus Chamber Choir,!
comprised of CCC alumni and friends, will perform an! (
Estonian Requiem at the Milwaukie Lutheran Chuy^
Sun., Nov. 12. Cost $10 and $5 for students andlit
seniors.
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